Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of clumps; massive; lumpy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective forming or tending to form
clumps - adjective resembling a
clump - adjective
clompy ; with heavy footfalls
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Boston's Route 128 beltway, by contrast, networks are more "clumpy" -- people tend to work with the same people, who in turn tend to be isolated from their counterparts at other companies.
TRUE TEAMWORK 2007
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The cheese was kind of clumpy and unevenly spread, and the macaroni noodles were kind of bleh.
Archive 2009-05-31 Tyler 2009
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The cheese was kind of clumpy and unevenly spread, and the macaroni noodles were kind of bleh.
Tyler reviews hospital cuisine Tyler 2009
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It is "clumpy," and gaps tend to form between the plants.
Chapter 11 1993
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I've been known to load on excessive amounts of mascara (We're talking 5-8 coats, people!) - if you've ever tried this before, you know what kind of clumpy, spidery and thoroughly unattractive mess this usually makes.
Makeup Bag 2010
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Some foraged in a "clumpy" world, which had fewer but richer supplies of resources.
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In the envelope and the bag was a clumpy, powdery gray dust -- dust that used to be the south tower of the World Trade Center, and that coated me and thousands of others with a force that pushed it deep into pockets, briefcases, ears and lungs on Sept. 11, 2001.
September 11 Toxic Dust: Deciphering My Pocketful Of Terror 2011
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Today's mascaras—with molded plastic brushes—are a far cry from the clumpy, cakey mascaras we used just five years ago.
Ask Teri Teri Agins 2011
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Or would it be the dreaded gastrotomy — a surgical procedure to cut open her stomach and fish out the clumpy, non-digestible stuff?
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He was a scrawny Barbary Macaque with matted, clumpy hair.
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